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BENTHOS
Definition of BENTHOS
noun
The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BENTHOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BENTHOS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEHNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BENTHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BENTHOS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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